Mississippi Churning

“I was trying to shed a little light on the number one problem in Mississippi.”

Thus spake Mississippi State Rep. John Read (R) of the Bill he has introduced that would make it illegal for restaurants in Mississippi to serve obese people.

First, I find it highly unlikely that obesity is actually The Number One Problem in Mississippi. Second, I find it highly unlikely that obesity is actually The Number One Problem in Mississippi. And, lastly, I seriously doubt that Mr. Read will be Rep. Read after the next election. But, hey, stranger things have happened.

You can read the story here.

Thank God Microsoft Made A Bid On Yahoo!

Now maybe I’ll have something else to read about besides The Second Coming Of Christ (known to us common folk as the release of the MacBook Air)!

Seriously, if I have to wade through another Blue Million posts in Google Reader about how Apple’s latest offering is the best thing since sliced bread (or even the flipside, that it amounts to a $2k Frisbee) I’m going to cancel all of my feeds except boingboing! For crying out loud, we get it already! It’s a really really thin laptop. And expensive. And did I mention that it’s, well, really really thin? News Flash: It’s a computer, not the end of world hunger! May we please move along?

Now if only someone, anyone, would write about Microsoft and Yahoo!.